"He stamped out, then, slammin" the door, and Joanie and I rushed up to Mam, both shriekin" our heids off, for we thought she was deid" but she got up onto her hands and knees and told us it was all right, it would be all right-and her swayin" to and fro, with her cap fallen off and strings of bloody snot dripping from her face onto the floor" I'd forgot that.